Tour Conductor For Mexico

Ventura Travel is seeking a Tour Conductor in Xico, Veracruz, Mexico, responsible for guiding small groups on 2-3 week trips. Key duties include ensuring traveler safety, maintaining itineraries, and managing budgets. Candidates must speak German or French, possess a First Aid/CPR certification, and have extensive knowledge of Mexico's culture and nature. The role offers training, competitive pay, and opportunities for career advancement in a diverse environment.
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Puraventura offers authentic, innovative, and sustainable travel experiences in Central America.
Main Responsibilities:
• Serve as Viventura host, day-to-day guide, interpreter, and manager to a group of travelers (small size 4-12 people) on a 2-3 weeks all-country trip.
• Provide leadership for our travelers and be responsible for their well-being, ensuring their safety and operating a smooth tour.
• Maintain the established travel itinerary as closely as possible, making changes only when necessary.
• Keep calm even when it gets stressful, act according to the protocol in special circumstances, and provide flexible solutions on your own.
• Make sure that the services delivered by our partners meet our quality, safety, and sustainable standards.
• Keep track of everyday spending, save receipts, and keep expenses under the specified trip budget.
The Essentials:
• Advanced knowledge of the German or French Language for communication with clients.
• If you aren't Mexican, you have all the right permissions to work/guide in Mexico.
• You have a first Aid/CPR Certification
• Extensive knowledge (and continually increase) of the flora and fauna, history, and current matters in Mexico and the passion to show it
• You are engaging, reliable and well organized.
• Good health, high energy level and positive attitude.
We're Looking for Someone Who Can:
• Handle daily stresses, both mental and physical, of long and tiring days.
• Be the friendly, happy and helpful face of Puraventura
• Have good English language communication skills.
• Treat clients like friends and make sure their trip with us will be the best experience they can have.
• Be interested in sustainable, local & authentic travel.
What We Offer:
• Advance training and development program areas such as languages, history & cultural knowledge, new destination & travel product knowledge, safety & sustainability.
• Opportunity to participate in further education for Tour conductors within the company.
• Competitive salary for each tour, with an increased payment system based on performance.
• Additional earnings for taking over extra work before or after the tour.
• Further, career opportunities such as the possibility to become part of the operational team, travel coordinator for our tour guides, or conductor of research (inspection) trips.
• International & friendly working environment, with colleagues in South Africa, Germany, Asia, and South America who are a lot more than just co-workers.
Confidentiality & Diversity:

It is our commitment that every qualified person will be evaluated according to skills regardless of age, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status, or religion.